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Adobe Commerce Integrations Guide: Native Features, Third-Party Tools & Best Practices in 2026

- Adobe, Magento 2

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Running an online store involves much more than managing products and processing orders. Inventory needs to stay accurate, customer information must reach your CRM, financial records belong in accounting software, and shipping providers need reliable order details. That’s where Adobe Commerce integrations come in handy, as they connect systems, automate data exchange, reduce manual work, and keep operations synchronized.

Adobe Commerce offers built-in integrations for payments, shipping, and analytics, along with additional services from the Adobe ecosystem. However, connecting external ERP, CRM, accounting, and other business applications often requires third-party tools or custom development.

In this guide, we explore native and third-party Adobe Commerce integrations, explain which solutions fit different business needs, and show how Firebear’s Improved Import & Export simplifies data synchronization. You’ll also learn how to prepare your store for new integrations and avoid common implementation challenges. Continue Reading

Magento 2 GraphQL Tutorial: How to Import Data via GraphQL API into Magento 2 Open Source & Adobe Commerce

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

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The following Magento 2 GraphQL tutorial describes how to import and export data into/from Magento 2 Open Source and Adobe Commerce with the help of the GraphQL API in 2026. This connection type is yet impossible out of the box, but the community is working hard to introduce it as a replacement for the REST API. At the same time, some tools enable Magento 2 GraphQL API import and export right now. For instance, you can leverage the Magento 2 GraphQL API import and export processes with the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 module.

The following article sheds light on how to import data into Magento 2 via the GraphQL API with the help of our extension. You will find out how to enable the Magento 2 GraphQL API import and what extra benefits it is associated with. If you are not familiar with what the GraphQL API is, we’ve also prepared a chapter that describes this standard and its benefits over REST and SOAP. Besides, an FAQ section provides answers to frequently asked questions about GraphQL Magento 2 import and export processes.
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The Ultimate Guide To System Integration (API, iPaaS, ESB, ETL, automation, no-code, solution architecture, consultancy)

- E-Commerce, System Integration

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Engineering defines system integration as a process of connecting the component subsystems into a single whole with the system’s overarching functionality. Information technology, in its turn, describes this process as different computing systems and software solutions combined to act as a coordinated whole. Both system integration definitions share the same idea: two independent entities are bound together and merged into something powerful, stable, and coherent. System integration incorporates a range of methods to achieve this goal, including manual programming, business process management, enterprise application integration, and computer networking. Can you imagine that such complex processes may happen automatically and without a single line of code written by the person who creates the integration?

That’s how system integration can be implemented! In the following article, we explore how it happens nowadays and what its background is. You will first find out what automation is. We explain four types of automation and the impact of IT automation on system integration. After that, we proceed to the no-code principle. You will learn what it is and how it helps to create system integrations for non-technical users. Next, we briefly describe what API is and how important it is in integrating two systems. The chapter sheds light on the basics of API architecture and different types of APIs.

In the next chapter, you will learn what system integration is, what methods it uses, and what data integration patterns it incorporates. We also highlight the core types of system integration solutions along with system integration examples and ideas.

A separate chapter is dedicated to iPaaS as the most modern, powerful, and user-friendly way to integrate multiple systems. You will discover common iPaaS features and workflow. Also, we briefly explore ESB and ETL and their role in system integration. Continue Reading

How to Import Data via SOAP API into Magento 2

- Fire development, Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 SOAP API Data Import

Below, we shed light on how to enable Magento 2 SOAP API import. Unfortunately, this functionality is not possible by default, but you can add the missing feature to your e-commerce store with the help of a third-party extension. The following article sheds light on SOAP, compares it with REST, and offers a reliable tool for enabling the corresponding functionality for Magento 2. You can leverage the Magento 2 SOAP API import and export processes with the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 module. 

The following article sheds light on how to import data into Magento 2 via SOAP API with the help of our extension. We discuss how to enable the Magento 2 SOAP API import and what extra benefits you can get. If you are not familiar with what SOAP API is, we’ve also prepared a chapter that describes this standard. Besides, there is an FAQ section that provides answers to frequently asked questions about SOAP and Magento 2 import/export processes.
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The Ultimate Magento 2 REST API Guide

- E-Commerce, Fire development, Magento 2

Magento 2 REST API tutorial

In the following article, we talk about the REST API of Magento 2, describing the lifecycle of an order. Below, you will find out how to prepare a store and manage multiple processes via the Magento 2 REST API. Order-related tasks include such processes as the creation of a new customer, quote, order, invoice, and shipment. Besides, wh shed light on checkout preparations and other aspects of an order-related routine common for Magento 2. Before going any further, let’s take a look at what the REST API is.  Continue Reading

Magento 2 Roadmap (2020)

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Roadmap 2017

Since there is no official Magento 2 roadmap, we’ve decided to create our own. Below, you will find Magento release roadmap that contains plans and features that have been already mentioned by the Magento team or other trusted sources. We will try to gather all the latest information about Magento 2 updates here, so get ready to see how the popular ecommerce platform will change in the nearest future.

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The Best Alternative MySQL Database Engines For Magento – Percona, Mariadb

- Magento tips & tricks

You can always move out of MySQL. At least, there are 2 alternatives: MariaDB and Percona. MariaDB is a fork of the MySQL developed by the community under the GNU GPL from the original creators of MySQL. The intents of MariaDB include maintaining high compatibility with MySQL, ensuring a “drop-in” replacement capability with library binary equivalency and matching with MySQL commands and APIs. Percona Server is another MySQL alternative which if free and open source. It offers high scalability, improved performance, useful features, and all the necessary instrumentations. In addition, Percona relies on self-tuning algorithms and supports high-performance hardware. In this post, we gathered all the information necessary to understand whether you should stay with  MySQL or move to alternative solutions, such as MariaDB and Percona.

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Модульная система Magento 2

- Magento 2

Magento состоит из нескольких различных компонентов: тем, модулей, библиотек, пакетов языков. Фреймворк Magento включает в себя библиотеки, PHP код и различные базовые концепции, которые наследуются компонентами системы.

Модули и темы в Magento используются в качестве элементов кастомизации: модули наделяют сайт разными особенностями и свойствами, темы влияют на внешний вид. Как у модулей, так и у тем есть свой жизненный цикл, который позволяет устанавливать, отключать и удалять эти элементы.

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